About the program
The Idiomas sem Fronteiras [Languages without Borders] (IsF) program was created by the Brazilian Ministry of Education through the National Higher Education Secretariat (SESu), in partnersnhip with the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES). Its main goal is to promote actions toward a language policy that supports the internationalization of Brazilian higher education, while also enhancing the specialized training of foreign language teachers.
The IsF program offers language courses and provides Brazilian students with opportunities to access universities abroad where classes are taught fully or partially in a foreign language. For teachers, the program offers teaching residencies for foreign language educators in both initial or continuing education, preparing them to contribute to the internationalization process.
The program also impacts the Brazilian university communities, which are increasingly welcoming international students and professors to their campuses. This growing international presence fosters structural changes in foreign language education within Brazilian universities.
To meet this demand, the program provides both online and in-person language courses, as well as access to language proficiency tests.
Further information:
Ordinance no. 973, of 14 November 2014 – Establishes the Idiomas sem Fronteiras Program (in Portuguese)
http://isf.mec.gov.br/ – Official Website
